Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hōną.

Noun

*hōn n

1. hen, chicken

   Synonym: *hannju (“hen”)

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hōn
Genitive	*hōnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hōn	*hōnu
Accusative	*hōn	*hōnu
Genitive	*hōnas	*hōnō
Dative	*hōnē	*hōnum
Instrumental	*hōnu	*hōnum

Derived terms

• *watarhōn

Related terms

• *hannju
• *hanō

Descendants

• Old Saxon: hōn
  • Middle Low German: hōn
    • Low German: Hohn
• Old Dutch: *hōn, *huon
  • Middle Dutch: hoen
    • Dutch: hoen
      • Afrikaans: hoender
      • Negerhollands: hoener, hundu, hunder, hun
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: hundu (dated)
• Old High German: huon
  • Middle High German: huon
    • Alemannic German: Hue
    • Central Franconian: Hohn, Huhn (southern Moselle Franconian); Honn (Aachen)
    • Cimbrian: huun
    • German: Huhn
    • Luxembourgish: Hong
    • Yiddish: הון (hun)